Gimp free alternative to PhotoshopLet’s face it: Photoshop is freakin’ EXPENSIVE. At a whopping $700 US for Photoshop CS4, you had better hope your parents decide to spoil you and buy it for you next Christmas. Unfortunately, the high price point makes it difficult for beginners and aspiring web designers to get into the business – you had better be darn sure web design is what you want to do before spending $700 on Photoshop. So what are the alternatives?

GIMP is the best Photoshop alternative out there and it’s completely free. It offers many of the same advanced features as Photoshop – for FREE. While, so far, nothing can replace Photoshop as an industry standard, GIMP is certainly a passable equivalent for beginners. 

CNET Download.com reviewed it and gave it 5/5 stars:

“One of the most powerful general-purpose image editors around, the upgrades make the GNU Image Manipulation Program eminently comparable to Photoshop. Older features include channels, layers and masks, filters and effects, tabbed palettes, editable text tools, perspective clone, improved printing, and color operations such as levels. New improvements include GEGL integration for 32-bit color support, dynamic brushes, and more options for the free select tool. It even has regex-based pattern matching for power users.”

So if you’re strapped for cash, give GIMP a go!

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